He said the detention of Warisan vice-president Peter Anthony by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) looked more like selective prosecution as Peter had long been known as a strong ally of Warisan president Shafie Apdal.
Peter had also served under Shafie when he was rural and regional development minister prior to his exit from Umno last year.
Wong also denied rumours that he was responsible for lodging the initial complaint against Peter in 2015 when he was still in DAP, saying that as far as he remembered, he had never lodged any complaint against his party colleague.
“We will give our full support to Peter and we will stand firmly with him because we know there is no case. Until now, MACC has never mentioned which case they are investigating or given any details of their investigation.
“This is just one of the many attempts to discredit Warisan leaders as the general election gets nearer and nearer,” he told FMT.
In fact, he said party leaders had anticipated this for months and were not in the least bit surprised when they heard what happened to Peter.
To be clear, he said Peter was not arrested but had gone to the MACC office to have his statement recorded, something which he has done many times before.
Despite giving his full cooperation, he said, Peter was detained.
“I think more similar incidents might happen soon but we are ready to face whatever challenges lie ahead. I urge our leaders and supporters to stay focused as Warisan is the only party that can destroy BN and kick Umno out of Sabah. That is why we are being targeted,” he said.
He also assured party supporters that what was happening at the moment was nothing more than a political ploy to stop Warisan from achieving its objectives to take over the Sabah government.
Peter, who was arrested on Thursday, was remanded for five days on Friday to assist in MACC’s investigation into a possible graft probe involving RM1.5 billion in federal funds believed to have been siphoned from projects meant for rural development in Sabah.
According to MACC deputy commissioner (operations) Azam Baki, the investigations are being centred on more than 60 companies believed to be involved in the massive fraud.
The projects, estimated to cost a total of RM7.5 billion, were planned to be carried out between 2009 and 2015.